About us
Open Door DMV is a bilingual platform that discovers, celebrates, and connects Latino-owned businesses across Maryland, DC, and Virginia.
Make Latino-owned DMV businesses visible and help them grow with the community around them.
Every family in the DMV finds a trusted Latino-owned business one block from home.
We exist to connect neighbors with neighborhood businesses.
Every business we feature is owned by members of our community.
Stories, listings, and tools — fully bilingual, always.
We tell the story behind the storefront, not just the address.
Behind Open Door DMV
Open Door DMV is not a marketplace with a support inbox. It is built by a small team from this community who show up in person and answer when something goes wrong.
Founder, Open Door DMV
Serving small businesses across DC, Maryland and Virginia
Draft bio
Eric Tomala is the founder of Open Door DMV. He started it to give the small businesses of this region something a map listing can't provide: their story, told properly, in both the languages their customers speak.
He works with business owners across DC, Maryland and Virginia, and is the person behind the listings, the visits and the magazine.
Full biography coming soon.
Original Web Developer
Built the first version of the Open Door DMV site
Draft bio
Rodrigo Seer developed the original Open Door DMV website and laid the technical foundation for the platform.
He is no longer active in day-to-day development, but his early work made the current site possible.
Full biography coming soon.
Web Developer
Senior at University of Maryland majoring in Information Science
Draft bio
Malaika Asif is the web developer behind Open Door DMV and a senior at the University of Maryland, where she studies Information Science.
She handles the technical side of the platform, from the pages visitors see to the tools that let owners manage their own profiles.
Full biography coming soon.
Talk to us directly
Llámanos en español también — we answer in English too.
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